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class="elementor-element elementor-element-1b3183b elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="1b3183b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"><div class="elementor-widget-container"><div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaclav_Smil" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-text">VIEW FULL BIO</span> </span> </a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9c4d77b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="9c4d77b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"><div class="elementor-widget-container"><p>Vaclav Smil does interdisciplinary research in the fields of energy, environmental and population change, food production, history of technical innovation, risk assessment, and public policy. By November 2024 he published 49 books and more than 500 papers on these topics. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy), and a Member of the Order of Canada.<br></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-25fdd28 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-id="25fdd28" data-element_type="container" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"><div class="e-con-inner"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-81c7b1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="81c7b1b" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"><div class="elementor-widget-container"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Vaclav Smil Books</h2></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9584286 elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid" data-id="9584286" data-element_type="widget" 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